2009 Novitiate Class Vestition
On the morning of August 22, 2009 the Chapel at Saint Albert the Great Priory and Novitiate in Irving, Texas was filled with friars, members of the Dominican Family, friends and family members. They were gathered to pray the Office of Lauds (Morning Prayer) and attend the Vestition and reception of our four candidates into the Novitiate. The Vestition ceremony marks the formal beginning of their novitiate year. During the ceremony the four brothers were clothed in the religious habit and welcomed to the Novitiate by fr. Martin J. Gleeson, O P and fr. Wilmo Candenado, OP their Novice Master.
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